Thursday, March 19, 2009

Day Four...

We painted. We mulched. We conquered.

The End.

On to Memphis!

See you in Rockwall!













Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Day Three...

THA WOOKIES.
(aka amazingness)
By Abigail Scallan and Diana Blom
Once upon a time there were two awesome groups called the Socca Moms and Travis and the James Gang. They combined to fight crime more effectively and became know as the wookies, because we can make uber cool Chewbacca noises. Their mission was to prime and paint a barn. And Jack ripped his pants while painting his name in Korean. It was hilarious. Of course, they finished their project with swiftness. After they finished the barn, the wookies came to help the slower group paint a cabin (which is much smaller than a barn. Tehe). Since the wookies are soo speedy and swift, the cabin started to actually make progress. Then, the group ran out of paint. So they went to go see a waterfall.
** As the Paint Dries : A Roller Romance**~by Abigail Scallan and Jack Eidson
The first day Megan’s paint roller and Abigail’s paint roller met was at the barn. They were both painting the same wall and “ran into” each other. It was love at first coat. For a while they were going steady and their love was fresh. Then one day Abigail’s roller grew tired of the same old white primer of Megan’s roller. She wanted something darker and more mysterious. So, she ran off with Jonny’s roller and had a baby roller (Jack’s roller). Shortly after, Abigail’s roller soon realized that she was in love with that white primer and remarried Megan’s roller. Jonny’s roller grew jealous that Abigail’s roller loved Megan’s and Jack’s roller more than him, so he killed Megan’s roller in a vicious incident (which is too graphic for this blog☺). Once Jonny’s roller saw how devastated Abigail’s roller and Jack’s roller were, he drowned himself in a bucket of white primer. Now a lonely single mother, Abigail’s roller had to find someone to provide for her and Jack’s roller. So she married BK’s roller. Although the couple was not truly in love, they lived a happy existence until their paint coats dried for the last time.

Day Three – Carli Huffman and Mrs. Blom
Llamas and Bumble Bees United to become as one team as
Busy Llamas or LlamaBees
Our task for today is painting older cabins, and a new bathroom building. We stake inventory and send Mrs. Blom, Jack and Jonathon Marsh to the paint store. The teams paint mocha brown to chocolate mousse, why we are not sure but it looks great even after Carli and Mr. Lee scraped off moss with bleach. We barley made it with the amount of paint we had. Worship was in stations of your choosing. All of the groups spent time in the beautiful green field then spaghetti and dessert of cake and ice cream. YUMMY! Off to bed with brown paint still on our hands ready to serve in the morning. It was fun to mesh our teams.





















Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Day Two...










































































































































































































































Writing: Sarah Meacham
Group #1:As the “bumble bees” went to work we looked forward to a long and rewarding day. Sarah Meacham chain sawed better than all the boys in her group (even though the boys won’t admit it). We looked forward to seeing the couples big smiles and to the tea and lemonade Beverly made us. It was a very rewarding day. We cleaned out brush and cleaned a creek so that the water would be able to flow through it. Although we got tired and hot we still worked to our full potential. We also had so much fun. We joked, laughed, and most of all got DIRTY. Without Rob Sherwin we would not have been able to do a lot of the things we did. He knew how to do everything, from making a sandwich to putting a chain on a chain saw. After all of this work we all made boats and raced them down the creek.

Group #2: Travis and the James Gang
Writing: Travis Cole Ragsdale
We arrived at our work site at 10:30, very first thing that we did was move giant rocks out of a massive garden. This enabled us to lay down plastic that we could put a layer of gravel over so that no weeds or field mice would get too close to the house. After we laid the gravel we took every rock and piled it into a colossal pile. Once we finished that it was 1:30, we had nothing else to do. So with our free time Mr. Chad Meacham drove us to a waterfall that was surprising in many ways. We parked at the so called “waterfall area” with no waterfall in sight. So negative me realizing that we had to walk half a mile to see the fall decided that it wasn’t going to be worth it, and dreaded the walk. The end of the hike, however, had the most beautiful secluded haven that I have ever seen, and a towering 60 foot waterfall. It was out in this beautiful area that I realized that I’m not here for me, I’m here to do gods work and spread his word. Its funny how Gods creation can be so inspiring and cause you to consider other people than yourself.

Group #3: The “Socca” Moms (formerly known as the Carnivorous Squirrels)
After kind of a slow start yesterday, we were all afraid that we might not finish the roof. We got to the worksite greeted Mr Campbell and started working full steam ahead. We had to take down a thirty foot TV antenna that was in the way of our roof( it was a lot of fun) We cut and measured ( wait it was the other way around) the seven rafters only to find that Mr Campbell wanted all the rafters the other way around( we were mad) ( we kept a smile), so we cut and measured and hung the rafters again. We ripped 6 boards to make the 12 lathes for the roof)( with a rusty table saw). After a minor measurement freakout ,( very minor) we hung the lathes at lighting speed. For a break we played with Mr Campbell’s toys ( a huge sword lots of gargoyles squirrels frogs and lots of statuettes) ( yes I have pictures) ( yes I will show you) With Moral support from the girls the three guys( Zach jack BK) spent 2.5-3 hours hanging tin ( Yeah it was fun) ( yeah it was hard) ( Yeah I hate tin) ( yeah My knees hurt) We finished( finally) and got to talk to the awesome couple who owned the house. He told us about sseptic tanks(don’t ask) and haunted cars ( again, don’t ask) Even though we got home an hour and a half later ( I know what your thinking, we made it to dinner on time) We had an AWESOME( notice the capital letters) day!

By: Jack Jack Eidson

Group #4: The Fighting Llamas
So we woke up and took a shower and on the bus matt and i fell asleep as we arrived at the work site the dogs barked rapidly. Today we were finishing our porch and roof. Were on a 6 story high building as we questioned the sturdiness of our structure while we climbed to the top and we hammered the boards and as our thumbs were destroyed and our bones were cracked we pulled out the skill saw, we put the blade on backwards and cut the tin. There were many dogs that had rabies we found a dog with no eye and we peeked through the eye socket and the brains explodes with the power of Jesus-by fletch fletch

…In Fletcher’s World….This is what really happened….

After Mrs. Blom had a brief stay at the local medical clinic for her spider bite (???), we were able to start the roof of our porch project. The weather was magnificent, and we were ready to go! With a prayer and a blessing with the homeowner, and some minor adjustment’s to the building plans, we were able to complete our project on a high note (the roof). Mr. Lee covered up all of our defects, as we said all day “tin covers a multitude of sins.” We were speaking with our homeowner, who informed us that her 18 month old, Kaylee (you can see her picture on this blog post), has a medical condition angelman syndrome. There will be a walk-a-thon to raise money for children with this condition on May 16th in the DFW area. We would like to sponsor a group to walk in her honor. We blessed our new porch and the family within. With sadness, we said our goodbyes, and returned to camp. We then had an AWESOME camp meal and worship time! More to come tomorrow!

By: Mrs. Blom and Mr. Lee